Automated system for characterizing short-term feeding behavior and real-time forestomach motility in cattle

•This article described systems for monitoring feeding behavior and reticulorumen motility in cattle with detailed algorithms for data analysis.•The algorithms characterized feeding behavior and rumen motility with low error rates.•An experiment applying these systems and analyzing the data using the described algorithms produced acceptable results.•As a result, these systems and algorithms may have critical applications for ruminant physiology and behavior research in future studies.